How amazing is this!

[2F45T4U]

My mum said to me today "you know that when your 18 youll get money, well I think you should buy a newer car"<br>
"awwwww wattt...... Im not getting rid of my dolly!" <br>
"yer I know, so you have two cars, keep the dolomite in the garage until weekends and for shows"<br>
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So in March Ill have 2k to spend on another car! it has to be newish thoguh, like 1990 onwards. How amazing is that! Your mum telling you to buy another car!!!! Whooooo Hoooooooo!<br>
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Its not all good, I cant afford a landy defender 90 or the insurance on a bmw 316..... <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :( --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /frown.gif ALT=":("><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br>
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But wow! I gotta think of what car I want <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :D --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /happy.gif ALT=":D"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :D --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /happy.gif ALT=":D"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :D --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /happy.gif ALT=":D"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br>
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Over and out, Adam

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[Carsreunited]

You know Alun was slagging Purple TVR's that look like Metro's, well look what I've just got. (bit concerned he hasn't pulled it from the auction yet)<br>
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PS. I'm whispering because my wife doesn't know that I've part exchanged her Mini for it..................<br>
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2k hey Adam? You could get a nice Sprint with that. Get a non age related plate and tell your Mum it's a 1990 car.

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[KLJ895W]

I can't believe I'm about to say this, and I was going to say I'm not really old, then I realised I'm twice your age Adam. Anyway, I would put the money in an ISA for a rainy day, and carry on getting the dolly improved while driving it. If you put it in the garage and don't need it, you'll start pulling more and more bits off it and in a few years you'll leave home and the car will never see the road again. Where do you think all these unfinished restorations on ebay come from? Plus if you buy something newer/more powerful you'll end up spending all the money which should be going on your dolly on insurance etc for the new car. In short, don't do it. Multiple car ownership always results in one being neglected.<br>
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David

<p>1980 Sprint<br>
1980 1850HL with Sprint gearbox, propshaft and axle<br>
1972 VW Camper Van</p><i></i>

[davepoth]

Or failing that, stick it in the bank and use it to run the dolly through university. old cars are quite the hit with the ladeez.<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :hat --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... s/pimp.gif ALT=":hat"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END-->

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[dollysteve]

Why on earth would you want a BMW 316, for £2000 you could get something interesting, how about an Alfa 146, get the 1.7 16v, it`s got the Alfa Boxer engine, sounds fantastic, looks pretty quirky and goes well, it`s modern but interesting, fo that money you`ll get a mint low mileage one so most of the bits should still be stuck on and everything should still work. I had one for a short time and lovee it, the noise it makes is just brilliant. I can`t believe you even considered a BMW.

<p>1976 Dolomite was a 1500<br>
1976 Dolomite 1850 HL Auto<br>
1979 Dolomite 1850 HL Man o/d<br>
1989 Noisy Mini 1340 <br>
1998 Fiat Bravo TD 100 again (For sale soon)<br>
1968 1300 FWD</p><i></i>

[2F45T4U]

nah changed my mind <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :lol --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /laugh.gif ALT=":lol"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br>
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Im unsure what im going to do with the money but after thinking about the neglected part I dont fancy getting anything new. A sprint though.... Tempting but cant see owning two old cars working... Ill probably stow it away for a rainy day or when the need for a sprint over powers me <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :lol --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /laugh.gif ALT=":lol"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br>
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I might get something to drive in to the ground though, like a fiesta for about £50 <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :lol --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /laugh.gif ALT=":lol"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> If I do ill take a video for you lot!<br>
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Adam

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[tinweevil]

Food for thought?<br>
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Get 50 quid shed with a few months mot. ('tis much fun driving a car you care nothing about).<br>
Out the 1850 and add the cash to the pot.<br>
Buy a reasonably solid 1300 or 1500 'mite or toledo. (cills and chassis rails important, doors, boot, bonnet, wing corners not)<br>
Buy nice sprint.<br>
Gut the 1300 / 1500 for track days and to learn some more on.<br>
Buy light trailer for track car.<br>
Buy towbar for sprint (it will be legal and capable of pulling and stopping the lightened track day car)<br>
If parents whinge about the sprint not being as safe as a modern shopping trolley bung a cage in it.<br>
Have fun.<br>
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Why track day a 1300 or 1500? A <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>set</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> of pistons costs about the same as <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>one</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> piston for a sprint or one and a half for an 1850. Nuff said? No? Except the roll bar which would bolt straight on its got exactly the same suspension as a Sprint and lap times are more about the corners than the straights. Have you seen Smifters article on this? This way you can very cheaply try suspension mods and setups that once tested and proven can be applied to your sprint. If you blow up your engine you are looking a 50 quid for a half decent replacement rather than 500.<br>
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How many of your mates have a seriously cool and seriously quick street car and a dedicated hard core race car too? They'll be gibbering wrecks.<br>
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Tinweevil

<p>1978 <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.triumphowners.com/704">Dolomite Sprint</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br>
1968 <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.triumphowners.com/705">GT6 II</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br>
1972 Spitfire IV<br>
39 anorak points on the Nicholas scale<br>
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[2F45T4U]

A BMWs a car, and the 316 is a 1990s RWD small engined car. perfect..... <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :b --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... tongue.gif ALT=":b"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br>
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[davepoth]

But then it's a car designed for a 2.3 straight 6 being driven by a 1.6 straight 4. It will be about as peppy as your 1300. As it is now.<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :D --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /happy.gif ALT=":D"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br>
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A Volvo 240 would be cheaper, and is also rear wheel drive.

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[2F45T4U]

but people laugh at me now with my dolly, what would they think if I owned a huge waredrobe on wheels as well?!<br>
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Im not going to think about the money to much, jsut forget about it for a few years maybe.....<br>
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Adam

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[alun n]

... in a high interest 3 month access account so you can't touch it.<br>
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You'll need it to put a deposit on a house, then you can have as many cars as you want and neither parents or neighbours can tell you otherwise.<br>
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Or you could spend it on beer and lose women when you go to college...that way you could end up being 30 and still at home with Mum!

<p>Well the list was out of date and getting rather silly in length...<br>
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I could start listing my houses now instead I suppose...</p><i></i>

[SMIFTER]

Cant Believe Scott is buying a TreVoR<br>
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Hope you've got good life insurance as most of them end up going the wrong way at high velocity (thats if they dont fall apart first<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START ;) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... s/wink.gif ALT=";)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> )<br>
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I Like the idea of a 1300 track car. Much more of a challenge to drive that quick than a car with loads of power and grip. Shame its not exactly light!<br>


<p><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.smifter1971.pwp.blueyonder.c ... >Smifter's Dolomite Sprint Website</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br>
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Featherweight 1974 Dolomite Sprint - Soon to be XE'd, NOS'd, Megasquirted and 5 linked Lash up to scare myself (and my wallet) senseless<br>
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2004 Smart Roadster (company car!!) - 698cc of turbo'd adrenaline fuelled rollerskate - destined to classic status thanks to Daimler Chrysler bean counters.<br>
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1997 Audi A4 2.6 to chill out after the above and fill with baby products.....<br>
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2005 Trek 1400 (ok its not a car but still fast) - <br>
a bit like Lance Armstrong but slower and fatter</p><i></i>

[2F45T4U]

Oh you should of heard Trevor the TVR at the tarmac rally I was at last saturday! And Ive heard a V6 better sounding than a V8!!! <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :eek --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... ns/eek.gif ALT=":eek"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br>
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Adam

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[Carsreunited]

Well Graeme. I've got plenty of old cars that don't work, thought I better buy a modern one that keeps up that tradition!<br>
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Adam, are you sure that the V8 you heard wasn't firing on 6 cylinders?<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :b --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... tongue.gif ALT=":b"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br>
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[2F45T4U]

Well it was a TVR so you never know <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :lol --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /laugh.gif ALT=":lol"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END-->

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